Biografy
1958 born in The Hague
Education
1977-1981 workperiods at pottery studio’s in England and France. Ina Bakker, Her Comis, Charlotte Poulsen, Svein Hjort Jensen, Bill Marno, Phillipa Lee, Jane Hamlyn
Practice
1981 - present Slingerhaan Ateliers in St.-Jacobiparochie
Teaching
| 1991 | - 2012 Parnas Center for the Arts, Leeuwarden |
| 2001 | Guest teacher at the Chungnam National University, Teajon, Korea lecturing at Art College’s in Sydney, Canberra en Melbourne, Australië |
| 2006 | Trends of Ceramic Art, lecture at the 16th Conference, Panevezys, Lithuania |
| 2012 | Klaaiwurk, vereniging voor ruimtelijk werken in klei, Boksum, Friesland |
Exhibitions the last 20 years, selection
| 2016 | Year of the Vase - – Loes & Reinier, Deventer |
| 2015 | Kunstmaand Ameland |
| 2014 | Selected for the Auguste Papendieck Preis, Focke Museum, Bremen Galerie THEEMAAS, Rotterdam |
| 2013 | Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen Partners in clay International Saltglaze – Loes & Reinier, Deventer Collection of Panevėžys International Ceramic Symposiums Janina Mokute-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania |
| 2009 | Galerij van De Lawei Drachten ‘Melting Pot’ |
| 2008 | ‘Op een bedje van groen’ in Op Hodenpijl, Schipluiden |
| 2007 | 25 jaar Slingerhaan Ateliers, Loes & Reinier, International Ceramics, Deventer |
| 2006 | Exhibition 16th International Ceramic Symposium Panevezys, Lithuania Durch Ton verbunden, Museum Kellinghusen, Schleswig Holstein, BRD |
| 2005 | Klaai op Klaai, Litouwse en Bildtse kunst. St.-Jacobiparochie |
| 2004 | Uit Friese en Noord-Hollandse klei, Boterhal, Hoorn Potfest in the Park, Penrith, Cumbria, UK Keramiek om van te smullen, Museum Tiendschuur Tegelen |
| 2003 | Galerie van Strien, Nieuw-Amsterdam Pots in the kitchen, Rufford Craft Centre, Ollerton, UK Zout, zout, zout - Museum Tiendschuur Tegelen |
| 2002 | Salzbrand Keramik ‘02, Koblenz, BRD Keramisch Atelier, Utrecht Zilt Web, ateliertentoonstelling samen met de Engelse schilder Ted Hamlyn |
| 2001 | Traces from the Lowlands, tracks into the future - Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney, Australië Salt and Fire, Tho . Art Gallery, Seoul and ‘Backma’ Art Hall Teajon, South Korea Saltsisters, Kunsthuis Secretarie, Meppel |
| 2000 | BELOW THE SALT: ECHOES ACROSS A CENTURY, Portsmouth Museum, UK ‘Intellectual gnomes’, Museum Huis van Alijn, Gent, Belgium |
| 1999 | Garden of delight, Beauty in Ceramics, Vlaardingen Vazengalerij, Ceramic Millennium, RAI, Amsterdam Loes & Reinier, International ceramics, SALTGLAZE, Deventer |
| 1999 | Loes & Reinier, International ceramics, Ceramic Book-Ends, Deventer |
Concept and organisation of art projects
| 2013 | Bildt Potato Weeks "Verre Wereld/Distant World” Dialogue between agriculture and art. Six farms, six exhibitions with the work of 13 visual artist of Ireland and the Netherlands |
| 2009 | Memory Festival Parnas– Scherventapijt/Shards carpet, Leeuwarden |
| 2008 | Guestcurator for the Galerij van de Lawei in Drachten, The choice of Paulien Ploeger |
| 2007 | Concept & organisation VINDINGRIJK VILT / Fertile Felt, Lithuanian group of textile artist Baltos Kandys for Museum Smallingerland Drachten |
| 2005 | Organiser for the project ‘KLAAI OP KLAAI’ - Het Bildt 500 jaar/ three Lithuanian Artists in residence and exhibition The Collection and Zilt Web |
| 2001 | Organiser and curator Traces from the Lowlands-Tracks into the future, Sydney, Australia |
| 2000 | Started Foundation CARAQUE |
| 2000 | Co-organiser CAD-CAM symposium at Ceramics museum Princessehof |
| 1996 | Guest curator for the exhibition ‘Songs in Salt’ and the symposium VISION AND TRADITION at the Ceramics museum Het Princessehof |
Work in commision
Provincie Friesland
Boonstra Rademakers, Leeuwarden
Parnas, Centrum voor de Kunsten
Gemeente Smallingerland
Work in collections
Keramiekmuseum Het Princessehof, Leeuwarden
Provincie Friesland
Museum De Tiendschuur, Tegelen
Gemeente Smallingerland
Wetterskip Fryslân
Gemeente Dordrecht
Achmea kunstcollectie, Nederland
Zoutmuseum Delden
Civic Art Gallery Panevezys, Lithuania
Verder in diverse binnen- en buitenlandse particuliere collecties/several private collections
Bibliografy
Mieke Spruit-Ledeboer, Nederlandse Keramiek 1975 - 1985, Allert de Lange bv, Amsterdam.
Salzbrand Keramik ‘86 - ‘89 - ‘93 - ‘96 - ‘02
’Theepotten kijken’ de Visie van 100 keramisten, Schiedam, 1987
Hedendaagse keramiek uit Friesland, Friese cultuurmanifestatie in Midden- en Noord Limburg ‘89.
Salt-glaze Ceramics, An International Perspective, by Janet Mansfield, Australia, 1991.
ECTRAC Llangollen, N.Wales/Keramiekmuseum Het Princessehof Leeuwarden, 1992.
The Complete Potter’s Companion, Conran Oxopus, UK, 1993.
Het Atelier- De wereld van 12 keramisten, Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, Brugge, Belgïe, 1994
Best of Pottery - Rockport Publishers - U.S.A., 1996.
International Decorative ceramics from around the world, Kutani, Japan 1997.
Beauty in Ceramics - Garden of Delight - Vlaardingen, 1999.
’Vase Gallery’, Ceramic Millenium, Nederlandse vakgroep Keramisten, Amsterdam 1999.
Below the salt, echoes from a century, Portsmouth Museum, UK, 2000.
Salt-glaze Ceramics - Rosemary Cochrane, 2001.
Traces from the Lowlands-Tracks into the future, Contemporary Ceramics from the Netherlands.
Foundation Caraque, Sydney exhibition 2001, Australië.
Salt Glazing - Phil Rogers, 2002.
16th International Ceramics Symposium, Panevėžys 2006.
Catalogue Panevėžys International Ceramics Symposiums 1996 - 2006.
Magazine’s
Ceramics: Art and Perception, Australia, 1991.
KERAMIKA by Allaard Hidding, no.4 1993.
Neue Keramik - New Ceramics, by Gustav Weiss, Berlin, BRD, 1994.
KERAMIEK no 2 - Beheersing van het vak is een voorwaarde, Henneke Chevalier 2002.
KERAMIEK no.6 - 25 jaar Slingerhaan Ateliers - Paul Kuyer en Guus Schipperheijn, 2007.
Extra's
Boardmember of the Frends of the museum Het Princessehof 1992 - 2001
Catalogue article SALZBRAND Keramik ’96 – ‘ Saltglaze in an earthenware country ‘
Advisor for Klaaiwurk, Boksum, Friesland.